Monday, Sept. 13 through Sunday, Sept. 19, 2021
Issue No. 398
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Of 92 players to appear for both the Giants and A's,
Vida Blue stands apart
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Vida Blue – Blazing Left-Handed Pitcher
By Bruce Macgowan
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The name ‘VIDA’ means 'LIFE' in Spanish. Former big league star Vida Blue proudly wore that name on the back of his jersey throughout a 17-year major league career which started in Oakland and ended across the bay in San Francisco.
“I came from a big family and my dad was a very hard working man who worked in a steel mill,” Vida told me. “He gave me that name. I’m very proud of that name.”
But Blue’s father died in his early 40s of cancer after breathing in the poisoned air of the mill for many years.
“He never got to see me play in the major leagues,” Blue sadly explained to me.
For those who remember, Vida Blue broke into the big leagues in 1970 but his first full year with the A’s in 1971 was legendary. Blue finished with a 24-8 record, had the lowest ERA in baseball at 1.82 while piling up 24 complete games, including eight shutouts. Oh, and by the way, Vida also struck out 301 batters that year while making the first of six All Star teams.
Sadly, the A’s rarely enjoyed big crowds in Oakland during the 1970s, even through they were in the playoffs five years in a row and won three straight World Series, a feat that wasn’t duplicated until the Yankees turned the trick almost three decades later.
But when Blue pitched, whether it was at the Oakland Coliseum or on the road, packed houses would show up. Vida’s ‘Blue blazer,’ which topped out at about 95 miles an hour, also had movement and not only intimidated but also flustered opposing hitters.
Blue was only 22 years old in 1971, but he was on the covers of Sports Illustrated, Time magazine and many other national publications that year as he won both the Cy Young and the MVP awards.
But cantankerous A’s owner Charlie Finley, who never connected with the East Bay, made life miserable not only for Blue but others on the team. The meddling Finley was constantly hounding his manager, Dick Williams, who eventually quit in frustration moments after the A’s beat the New York Mets in the World Series of 1973.
“Charlie really took the fun out of the game for me,” Blue recalled years later when I interviewed him on stage at a theater in Marin County.
“First he told me he’d pay me $5,000 if I’d change my name to ‘True Blue,’ but I said my dad gave me that name and I didn’t want to do it. He didn’t take that too well.”
Vida admitted that Finley discovered a lot of A’s who went on to become stars for the team, but along the way he alienated practically all of them.
After his brilliant 1971 season Blue expected a hefty raise. After all, he had not only sparked the A’s to an AL West title but the big crowds had flocked to see him pitch all season, boosting the A’s poor attendance.
But Finley refused to give this young star what he asked for. Blue then held out in Spring Training and threatened to quit the A’s.
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Vida Blue, plumbing executive
“There was an issue of Sports Illustrated early that season that had a picture of me on the cover with the words: ‘Vida Blue -- plumbing executive.’ “
Vida had half-seriously told a few reporters that he would quit baseball and go to work for a large plumbing firm, but it was probably a ploy just to try and leverage more money out of the tight fisted, curmudgeonly Finley.
The two men eventually settled on a deal for a little over $40,000, but Blue got off to a rocky start that season after missing spring training and finished with a disappointing 6-10 record while the A’s upset the ‘Big Red Machine’ National League champions from Cincinnati for their first World Series title.
Blue came back to win 59 games over the next three seasons, as the ‘Swinging A’s’ dominated the game. But they were also known for their frequent scraps in the clubhouse and local sportswriter Ron Bergman of the Oakland Tribune gleefully reported on them after witnessing several first hand.
“Bergie’ was just trying to sell papers. Sure we got into some scraps, but we were like brothers. You know how brothers are. We’d fight sometimes but if anyone tried to fight one of us, watch out!”
When free agency hit baseball in 1975, Finley started trading his stars or losing them to other teams who paid them more. Reggie Jackson was shipped to Baltimore and eventually ended up with the Yankees, Rollie Fingers and Sal Bando went to Milwaukee and Joe Rudi to the Angels.
Vida stuck around until Finley traded him to the San Francisco Giants before the 1978 season for five forgettable players. With the Giants Blue found new life, leading a resurgent ball club that featured a terrific pitching staff into contention. He sparked the Giants with a team leading 18 wins, and Candlestick Park rocked with excitement as the surprising Giants were in first place most of the season.
“We were up by something like six games going into September but we faded badly because we didn’t have any players who had been in a pennant chase,” Blue lamented.
“We had a really good team in San Francisco; a young Jack Clark, Bill Madlock, Darrell Evans, Larry Herndon, John ‘The Count’ Montefusco and Willie McCovey,” (McCovey was just off a Comeback Player of the Year award season at the age of 39).
There are a lot of people who think Vida Blue belongs in the Hall of Fame. After all, his career numbers are virtually equal to those of his former teammate, Catfish Hunter, who is in the Cooperstown shrine.
“That would be really nice. That would be like the cherry on top,” he told a San Francisco Chronicle sports columnist recently
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Long-time Bay Area sportscaster Bruce Macgowan has been recording his 45 years of broadcast experience for a forthcoming book to be published shortly. For earlier articles by Magowan published in
Sports Today, click HERE.
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Letters to the Editor
A Little Saunter Down Memory Lane...
I just watched the end of the Giants/Dodgers game tonight, distinguished by the 11th inning single hit by Mr. Posey to cinch a win (3-2) for Our Boys in Orange. Now, as you know, I ain’t an inveterate stick-and-ball fan, but even moi could see that the Dodgers' first baseman had his foot off the base when he streeeetched out to catch the right fielder’s throw (it was the right fielder, correct?) as Posey ran across the base.
Then the delay while the officials in New York (why New York, the bloody game was on the West Coast, ferheavensake?) cogitated on the play, while the crowd of 40,000 chanted “Safe, safe, safe,” and the final call came in favoring the Home Team – ours!
Nice work for the G’s, which I guess put them back into first place for the Nationals-West. It’s always a pleasure to see the Giants or A’s (in inter-league play) beat the Bums. (Does anyone still call the Dodgers “Bums,” or did they leave that moniker back in Brooklyn when O’Malley moved them west?)
I grew up in Pittsburgh, where of course, we were Pirate fans....(continued in Letters to the Editor below.)
Shifty Business: The Bunt
Recent baseball strategy has evolved so that when a left-handed pull-hitter batter is up, the defense shifts every player to the right-side of the infield to create a web-like effect.
If you’re a batter who is in a slump, how do you get out of it? Learn to Bunt for a Base Hit, with the whole left side of the infield as vacant as an empty lot. Or use it as the spark your team needs to jump start their bats. A successful Bunt to start an inning can also allow a team to get a runner on base with no outs which provides the base runner the best opportunity to score, perfect for a close game. The Bunt also provides additional options, like stealing second, a hit-and-run play or use of a 'sacrifice' bunt to move the runner over.
Perhaps the Bunt isn't being coached anymore. Alas, it may be a lost art, (like writing a hand-written letter to a relative). But with the shifty business of defenses these days, coaches would be well-served to spend some time to teach or refresh players about this lost art.
Robert A. Moselle, Esq.
Executive Director
Center for Continuing Education
Monterey, CA
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Contents
Columns
Hardly Trivial by T. Buff
Games
Oakland A's 5, Chicago White Sox 1
Oakland Roots SC 0, San Diego Loyal SC 0
San Francisco 49ers 41, Detroit Lions 33
San Francisco Gaelic Athletic Association
San Jose Earthquakes 1, FC Dallas 1
Features
The Winner's Circle Blues, by Robert Moselle
Vida Blue -- Blazing Left-Handed Pitcher, by Bruce Macgowan
Organizations
WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca
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San Francisco 49ers 41
Detroit Lions 33
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An inauspicious beginning: After a year away from football and on the very first snap of the 2021 season, San Francisco 49ers starting quarterback Jimmy Garoppolo botched his first snap from center, resulting in a fumble recovery by the Detroit Lions. But redemption would come throughout the game as a composed Jimmy G. passed for 314 yards (17/25), one TD and no interceptions. The 49ers continue on the road with a stop in Philadelphia on Sunday, September 19 at 10 a.m. (The Eagles were also winners,
defeating the Atlanta Falcons, 32-6.)
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Oakland A's 5
Chicago White Sox 1
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Starting pitcher Frankie Montas continued his hot streak, striking out seven over seven innings as the Oakland Athletics defeated the Chicago White Sox,
5-1, at RingCentral Coliseum on Wednesday, September 8th.
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49ers, A's & Giants Schedules |
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Catchin' Up with Jarlin García
Catch up with Giants reliever Jarlin García and hear about his favorite food, his biggest pet peeve and more.
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Who do you want to see in the 2022 Athletics
Hall of Fame?
Before today's game, we inducted our 2021 Hall of Fame class, featuring 10 members of the Philadelphia A's.
We're excited to announce the class of 2022: Sal Bando, Eric Chavez, Joe Rudi, Keith Lieppman, and Steve Vucinich, plus one additional player voted in by a committee of front office personnel, living A's Hall of Famers, the media, and you, the fans.
Make your vote count and help us induct the final member of the 2022 class of the Athletics Hall of Fame.
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September 8, 2021; Oakland, CA; Chicago White Sox and former Oakland Athletics manager Tony La Russa (22) is interviewed on the field before the game against the Oakland Athletics at RingCentral Coliseum.
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Memorable Sports Moment
WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca
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Zanadi passes Herta in the Corkscrew
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The
Winner's Circle Blues
By Robert Moselle
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(Above) Daughter Monica, the family Belgian sheepdog Penny and Robert
One of the most famous moments of auto racing took place at Laguna Seca in 1996. It would become known as "The Pass" and occurred when Alex Zanardi passed Bryan Herta on the inside of the Corkscrew on the last lap of the CART (Championship Auto Racing Teams) race to take the victory. I was in the winner's circle, prepared to present the Lee Moselle Trophy, which was awarded to the winner of the annual CART race. The trophy was named in honor of my father, who served as Executive Director of the Sports Car Racing Association of the Monterey Peninsula, the nonprofit entity which operated the raceway, for 13 years.
The Corkscrew
WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca is an 11-turn, 2.2-mile road course in Monterey. One specific section, Turns 8 and 8A, commonly known as the Corkscrew, is unique in motorsports. The Corkscrew drops 59 feet between the entrance of Turn 8 to the exit of Turn 8A -- the equivalent of a 5½-story drop -- in only 450 feet of track length. From Turn 8 to Turn 9 the elevation falls 109 feet, or just over 10 stories.
Bryan Herta was in the lead in the Team Rahal-Letterman car, and I had my eye fixed on David Letterman as he paced around the winner's circle. It looked like a lock for Herta as he entered the Corkscrew, with Alex Zanardi apparently destined for second. But near the top of the Corkscrew, Herta took his normal line and left open an opportunity for the daredevil Zanardi, who outbraked him as they went into the turn. As Herta started in for Turn 8A, Zanardi blew by him. The crowd went wild as Alex took the checkered flag for Team Chip Ganassi and Joe Montana, and as Zanardi spun celebratory donuts all Letterman could do was stand silently in stunned disbelief.
(For a video of the last laps, with the final lap starting at 3:54 and The Pass at 4:40, Click HERE.)
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Robert Moselle is a California attorney and Executive Director of the Center for Continuing Education, (CCE). Based in Monterey, CCE (cce-mcle.com) is a State Bar-approved Provider of Continuing Legal Education seminars and online programs.
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Hardly Trivial by T. Buff |
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At this writing, the Giants have the best record in MLB.
Thinking about some of the best in Giants history,
who has the best single-season batting average in the
Giants franchise history?
(See answer below...)
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San Jose Earthquakes 1
FC Dallas 1
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San Jose celebrates the match's opening goal in the sixth minute!
Quakes now unbeaten in seven straight road matches
SAN JOSE, Calif. - The San Jose Earthquakes earned a 1-1 draw against FC Dallas at Toyota Stadium on Saturday night. The draw extends San Jose's unbeaten streak on the road to seven matches, tied for the longest such run in club history (2003).
San Jose opened the scoring in the sixth minute when FC Dallas' Matt Hedges was called for a handball in the box and Oswaldo Alanis converted the ensuing penalty kick.
San Jose retained the lead into halftime, but FC Dallas scored the equalizer just five minutes into the second half. Defender Justin Che sent a cross from the right wing to Ricardo Pepi, who headed the ball just out of reach of JT Marcinkowski outstretched arms.
The Quakes had a couple near chances, including a Chris Wondolowski header that caromed off the crossbar, but couldn't find the winner.
Marcinkowski made several crucial saves during the match to help secure a point, finishing with six saves total. His six saves are tied for the second most he's tallied in a single match during his MLS career.
The Earthquakes will now return to San Jose to host Real Salt Lake on Wednesday, Sept. 15, presented by Donor Network West. The match kicks off from PayPal Park at 7:30 p.m. and will be broadcast on NBC Sports California Plus, KNBR 1050 and 1370 KZSF.
GAME NOTES
- The Earthquakes now hold a 6-8-9 record (27 pts.) during the 2021 MLS regular season and are currently in 10th place in the Western Conference.
- The Quakes are unbeaten in seven consecutive road matches, tied for the longest such run in club history (2003). San Jose has now lost just once in their last 12 matches overall (3-1-8).
- San Jose is now 29-20-18 all-time against FC Dallas, including a 12-12-9 record on the road. The Quakes now hold a seven-game unbeaten streak against FC Dallas (4-0-3) and a five-game unbeaten streak at Toyota Stadium (2-0-3).
- The Quakes have scored first in 9 of their last 12 matches (conceded first twice and had one match finish in a scoreless draw). They have also allowed one or fewer goals in 11 consecutive matches, conceding a total of nine goals during that time.
- Defender Oswaldo Alanis scored his second goal of the season and fourth of his MLS career. Both of his goals this year have been penalty kicks against FC Dallas.
- Goalkeeper JT Marcinkowski made six saves, tied for second most in his career.
- Forward Benji Kikanovic made his first appearance since July 17, entering as a second-half substitute.
MLS Regular Season; FC Dallas 1 - 1 San Jose Earthquakes; Sept. 11, 2021 - Toyota Stadium in Frisco, Texas; Attendance: 15,237; Man of the Match: JT Marcinkowski
Scoring Summary: SJ - Oswaldo Alanis (penalty) 6; DAL - Ricardo Pepi (Justin Che) 50. Misconduct Summary: DAL - Matt Hedges (caution) 4; DAL - Brandon Servania (caution) 41; SJ - Nathan (caution) 48; SJ - Judson (caution) 59.
FC DALLAS: Phelipe; Jose Martinez, Ema Twumasi, Matt Hedges, Justin Che (Nkosi Tafari 83); Quignon, Jesus Ferreira, Brandon Servania (Bryan Acosta 79); Jader Obrian (Szabolcs Schön 67), Ricardo Pepi, Paxton Pomykal (Andres Ricaurte 74). Substitutes not used: Edwin Cerrillo, Kalil Elmedkhar, Eddie Munjoma, Kyle Zobeck.
SHOTS: 17; SHOTS ON GOAL: 7; FOULS: 18; CORNER KICKS: 8; SAVES: 2
SAN JOSE EARTHQUAKES: JT Marcinkowski; Tanner Beason, Oswaldo Alanis, Nathan, Luciano Abecasis (Paul Marie 74); Carlos Fierro (Benji Kikanovic 62), Judson (Jack Skahan 88), Jackson Yueill, Cristian Espinoza (Cade Cowell 61), Chofis; Chris Wondolowski (Andy Rios 74).Substitutes not used: Jacob Akanyirige, Siad Haji, Tommy Thompson, Daniel Vega.
SHOTS: 13; SHOTS ON GOAL: 2; FOULS: 15; CORNER KICKS: 5; SAVES: 6
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Oakland Roots SC 0
San Diego Loyal SC 0
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In front of a packed house on Pride Night the Oakland Roots SC played host to the San Diego Loyal SC at Laney College Football Field in Oakland on Saturday evening, Sept. 11, 2021. The match would end in a 0-0 tie.
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Loyal goalkeeper Austin Guerrero (right) took the brunt of an impact, catching the ball in his face and a cleat to the chest. Roots Max Ornstil was given a Yellow Card for the move. Caption and photo by Ron Sellers.
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Roots goalkeeper Paul Blanchette dives to the ground to stop a goal attempt midway through the second half. Blanchette stopped all scoring attempts the entire evening. Roots next plays host to Tacoma Defiance on Wednesday evening at Las Positas College at 7 p.m. in Livermore. To view a game photo album, visit our Facebook Page and be sure to LIKE us or visit www.ultimatesportsguide.net. Caption and photo by Ron Sellers.
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San Francisco Gaelic
Athletic Association
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Naomh Padraig (white) fell to St. Joseph's (red) 5.16 (31)–7.22 (43) in the San Francisco Gaelic Athletic Association's 2021 Hurling 'B' Final at San Francisco GAA, Treasure Island on September 12, 2021 in San Francisco, California.
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Tipperary (blue) over Na Fianna (brown) 1.20 (23)–0.10 (10) in the San Francisco Gaelic Athletic Association's 2021 Hurling 'A' Final. at San Francisco GAA, Treasure Island on September 12, 2021 in San Francisco, California.
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Tipperary (blue) over Na Fianna (brown) 1.20 (23)–0.10 (10) in the San Francisco Gaelic Athletic Association's 2021 Hurling 'A' Final. at San Francisco GAA, Treasure Island on September 12, 2021 in San Francisco, California. To view a game photo album, visit our Facebook Page and be sure to LIKE us or visit www.ultimatesportsguide.net. © 2021 Alex Ho.
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Editor's Note
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In the Shadow of Obscurity |
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Author Arif Khatib (above left)
As a person who has traveled the world and chronicled his journey, and recently completed his memoirs for his family, Arif Khatib set out to create a book that would combine three of his passions: sports, history and social justice, while shining a much-needed light on the contributions of forgotten and unheard-of athletes of color. The Shadow of Obscurity: Toiling in a Reluctant Society realizes his vision.
Author Pete Elman (above right)
Pete Elman is a musician, journalist, author and teacher. Originally from Washington, D.C., he grew up loving rock and roll, sports and history. His father, a Justice Department lawyer who argued cases in the Supreme Court—most notably Brown vs. Board of Education—imbued in young Peter a strong sense of social justice.
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Where The Bay Comes To Play! |
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The BEST Bay Area sports photos from
Michael Zagaris, Ed Jay, Rich Yee, Darren Yamashita,
Ron Sellers, Alex Ho, Rob Edwards, Kenneth Wong,
Timothy Reynolds and Larry Rosa
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Letters to the Editor continued...
My Dad would occasionally take me to Forbes Field where we would sit in the bleachers overlooking the outfield and fixate on Roberto Clemente in right field. Dad loved him. “Now, watch how he dances,” Dad would say, “He never stops moving.”
This was in the late ‘50s as the Pirates were getting revved up for their eventual World Series win over the (yuck!) Yankees in 1960. Dad worked for a manufacturer of mining machinery headquartered in Pittsburgh that leased a VIP section at field level just opposite first base for executives to treat customers. One day he came home with four tickets conferred on him by a vice president at the company, and he and my Mom and sister and I were treated to a game in real style. Mom thought Dave Stewart, the first baseman, was really “cute,” and especially so during the warmup when he came over to the section to say hello. (Mom was what they called “a looker” in those bygone days of yore.) I don’t remember much about the game or even who the Pirates were playing, but that they won and that made the experience really fine.
A couple years later, and the Pirates were really hot, heading to that memorable showdown in ’60, and we’d stay up to all hours listening to the West Coast games on KDKA radio, announced by Bob Prince, who had been groomed in the early ‘50s by the memorable Rosie Rosewell, who would add color to the away games with sound effects as the play-by-play came in via ticker tape, including dropping a garbage can lid and yelling, “Open the window, Aunt Mini, here it comes,” whenever a Pirate hit a homer. (Rosie and my grandfather had gone to school together in Tarentum, Pa., at the end of the 19th century.) Anyway, comes the 1960 season, and Dad gets transferred over to the “hard coal” area in Eastern Pennsylvania and we are avidly following our team on the radio (whenever we can pull in the KDKA AM signal 300 miles to the west) and the few televised games. I remember that there were a lot of cliffhangers -- extra-inning games where the Pirates would prevail seemingly by inches, and then the National League Pennant and, bingo, they’re in the Series with the damn Yankees.
You’re too young to remember that incredible Series that went to seven games, but I’ll never forget the last one on a hot October afternoon as I sat in a steaming classroom at my new school taking a physics exam. It turned out the teacher -- an old white-haired guy like the one I now look at every morning in the bathroom mirror -- was also a displaced Pirates fan, and he brought a radio to class that day and tuned in the game so that we could listen to it while we tested our knowledge of the Laws of Conservation of Matter and Energy.
Tied in the ninth, Bill Mazeroski smacked his famous home run and the Pirates took the Series. Meanwhile, my Dad was sitting in his car down below on the street, waiting to pick me up after school and listening to the game, too. We had a happy reunion when I joined him and a terrific dinner with Mom and Sis when we got home. Oh, and I got an A on that physics test, too! Altogether, a very good day.
A little saunter down memory lane from...
...an Old Dude in Berzerkeley
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IMSA and WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca Announce Three-Year Extension to Keep America’s Premier Sports Car Racing Series in Monterey
Return to Spring Race Weekend
MONTEREY, Calif., September 10, 2021 — The road west for the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship comes early in 2022, as the sports car series and WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca agreed to a three-year extension to keep America’s leading sports car series on the Monterey Coast. It also means the championship series returns to its spring dates, which for 2022 are April 29 through May 1.
The relationship between the County of Monterey and IMSA pre-dates the series before the merger of Grand-Am and ALMS. Over the years, some of the most dramatic IMSA races and finishes have occurred at WeatherTech Raceway, all of which led to determining the championship.
“The County of Monterey and our entire business community are genuinely pleased with the continuation of the IMSA series,” commented John Narigi, president and general manager of WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca. “There is great optimism in the air for a full return of teams, fans and sponsors to our beautiful and welcoming destination. We look forward to carrying on the sports car racing tradition.”
The return to Monterey is welcomed news. “WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca is one of the world’s most iconic road courses, and is a favorite stop for many of our stakeholders and competitors,” said IMSA President John Doonan. “The sports car racing heritage at this facility goes back to its earliest days, and we are proud to confirm this extension that will continue to bring our flagship IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship and other highly competitive IMSA-sanctioned series to the Monterey Peninsula for another three years.”
Tickets for this weekend’s Hyundai Monterey Sports Car Championship are on sale each day with the green flag waving for the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship race on Sunday at 1:10 p.m. The Laguna Seca Recreation Area is fully open and families may enjoy go-karting, a Ferris Wheel and an assortment of activities for all ages. For ticket information, please visit WeatherTechRaceway.com or call the Ticket and Accommodations specialists at 831-242-8200.
The race will also be broadcast live on NBC Sports.
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Hardly Trivial Answer by T. Buff |
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Bill Terry
In 1930, first baseman Bill Terry finished first in the
National League with a .401 batting average. Only Ted Williams of the American League's Boston Red Sox in 1941 has hit
.400 since. The Giants had a third place finish that year.
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Monday, September 13 through
Sunday, September 19, 2021
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Monday, September 13
Las Vegas Raiders vs. Baltimore Ravens, 5:15 p.m.
San Francisco Giants vs. San Diego Padres, 6:45 p.m.
Tuesday, September 14
San Francisco Giants vs. San Diego Padres, 6:45 p.m.
Oakland A's @ Kansas City Royals, 5:10 p.m.
Wednesday, September 15
San Francisco Giants vs. San Diego Padres, 6:45 p.m.
Oakland A's @ Kansas City Royals, 5:10 p.m.
San Jose Earthquakes vs. Real Salt Lake, 7:30 p.m.
Thursday, September 16
San Francisco Giants vs. San Diego Padres, 12:45 p.m.
Oakland A's @ Kansas City Royals, 11:10 a.m.
Friday, September 17
San Francisco Giants vs. Atlanta Braves, 6:45 p.m.
Oakland A's @ Los Angeles Angels, 6:38 p.m.
Saturday, September 18
San Francisco Giants vs. Atlanta Braves, 6:05 p.m.
Oakland A's @ Los Angeles Angels, 6:07 p.m.
San Jose Earthquakes @ Austin FC, 5 p.m.
Oakland Roots SC vs. LA Galaxy II, 5:10 p.m.
Cal Bears vs. Sacramento State Hornets, 12:30 p.m.
Stanford Cardinal @ Vanderbilt Commodores, 5 p.m.
Sunday, September 19
San Francisco 49ers @ Philadelphia Eagles, 10 a.m.
Las Vegas Raiders @ Pittsburgh Steelers, 10 a.m.
San Francisco Giants vs. Atlanta Braves, 1:05 p.m.
Oakland A's @ Los Angeles Angels, 1:07 p.m.
San Jose State Spartans @ Hawaii Rainbow Warriors, 9:30 p.m.
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Many people -- maybe even you -- have been getting out on their bikes more during Shelter-in-Place. "Check for Bikes" clings and bumper stickers are great ways to keep bicyclists safer out there on the road by promoting awareness by drivers to share the road. Keep safe out there and keep your neighbors safe by using or passing along vinyl clings for inside a car window or windshield and
4" circular bumper stickers. We have Youth and Spanish versions, too!
with questions or to order.
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Ultimate Sports Guide
P.O. Box 4515
Berkeley, CA 94704
510-845-2035
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The Ultimate Sports Guide is very appreciative to the ongoing contributions made by former staff photographer Kenny Karst and Robert Moselle. Mr. Karst, now retired, continues to contribute through helpful ideas and his archives.
Mr. Moselle is now lending his extensive editorial experience and marketing savvy to the publication.
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